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What is Bitcoin — and why does it have a price?

Bitcoin explained from zero: what the network actually does, who controls the 21 million supply, and the honest reason a digital number has a price.

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Before anyone needs a chart pattern, they need a straight answer to something simpler: what is this thing, and why does it cost anything? These pages answer one question each, in plain language, with the arithmetic shown and the counter-argument included. No prior knowledge assumed, and nothing sold to you along the way.

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Risk reminder: everything here is education, not advice. Crypto is volatile and most retail traders lose money.